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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1908
Page
5
A German satire recounts Professor Schlitzer’s experiment on a herring placed in a salt water vat and gradually replaced with fresh water. The fish adapts to each change, survives dry conditions, and even thrives in a birdcage, until a missing drink supplies the final twist of folly.
A Turk recounts a near fatal night when a docile camel suddenly attacked his master in camp near a mud bar. After the beast trampled the saddle and refused restraint, a bruised owner vows to sell the animal at Beersheba, calling the camel God’s hands.
Mr. William Miles once verger at Rochester Cathedral was famed for his wit in a church circle with the late Dean House. On a verger birthday anniversary the dean asked how many children his wife bore. Miles replied Tam, the eldest of twelve, and the dean quipped about seeing the youngest with ten miles between them.
The passage presents a dialogue where a lover is dismissed by the beloved with a firm refusal to respond to advances. The exchange centers on the idolized figure of the heart and the strange tension in the interaction.
A Virginia minister at Upperville recounts how Bishop Wilmer once challenged local youths playing marbles for keeps. He won all the town’s marbles in a single afternoon, then told the players they could not play tomorrow and urged them to attend church instead, which they did.
An excerpt from Everybody's Magazine describes the dangers of ivory hunting in the jungle. The narrator details heavy ivory weights, harsh travel, and threats from hostile tribes, Dinka encounters, and deadly insects as challenges of retrieving ivory.
The excerpt cites Roman and Gentoo customs condemning excess fat as useless, with Ovid advising slenderness for women. It quotes a medieval English law about depriving the fat and gluttons of sustenance, plus a New Orleans Times-Democrat reference noting execution of the fat.
This recipe describes making a spinach puree by boiling and sieving, then mixing two tablespoons with four beaten eggs separated into yolks and whites. Add shallot, salt, and pepper. fold into an organ with two ounces of tea and fry to a pale brown. Serve hot.
The disease first described by Abazes, an Arabian physician around 600 A D. It entered southern Europe during the crusades and gradually moved north. In 1517 it crossed from Spain to San Domingo and then to Mexico where about 3,500,000 natives died. It rapidly spread across the Americas devastating villages and tribes.
A diseased tenant complains about a drafty house, saying hair blows off while seated in the middle of the room. The house agent replies it would be easier and cheaper to get a haircut. London Telegraph report style.
A fragmentary note from the Chicago Record Herald quotes a woman fearing to call on another who does not care if she calls. It adds a German proverb about folly never staying hidden.
A rich bachelor Raymond Pisgs seeks rest from pursuit of women at the seashore. He finds a childhood romance via a corked bottle and a letter from Aline Eliot. After exchanging photographs he faces a transformed, moneyed matchmaker and a wary tale of vanity and danger.
A. J. Ternent relays a Albuquerque meeting with the Geological Survey director, who backs Quincy project support for national irrigation. The note urges state topographical work funding, citing missed appropriations and showing 1908–09 state totals totaling about 100000 dollars across Mississippi and other states.
An October 25 ceremony at Red Rock celebrated the marriage of Winnie Ellsworth to E. Reynolds with a white cashmere dress, pink and white decor, and a dinner then music and dancing at Cash McLeod's. Relatives and friends from Beverly and Ellsworth relatives attended, and gifts were exchanged.
A chaotic fall scene reports a Beverly guest roaming with a roll of greenbacks and four hungry hoboes arriving west by rail. The Beverly stringer, intoxicated, foddered the crowd as Deputy May investigates a theft tied to the money.
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